Welcome to your favourite new podcast, Wine Flight! Hosted by Sophia Longhi and Ben Franks. Each week, we interview a new guest with a shared love for wine. Sophia and Ben face off with a flight of wines and we ask each guest to pick a winner at the end of the podcast.

In this episode of Wine Flight we're joined by the fabulous Kimberley Murray, a physiologist for the English Institute of Sport, former rowing coach and Skeleton athlete. Kim shares her drive to be the best and to help others achieve their best, why she pursued a career in sport, and how wine and food has started to become a more exciting thing to explore. It was lovely to have Kimberley join us and this is an episode not to be missed.

We share wines from Hungary, Austria, Canada and Mexico while we talk about discovering a love for exercise (that can creep up on you), pursuing a career in what you truly love, and our favourite midweek cheat meals. There's also a lot of love for Bath and Edinburgh! At the end of the episode, as usual, our guest must pick their favourite! Who will Kimberley choose as the winner of this week's Wine Flight?

You can follow Kimberley on Instagram @kimberleymurray88

The Wines:

Wine 1 - St Donat '5 Bar' Brut Nature Sparkling, Hungary (Sophia)

Wine 2 - Eschenhof Holzer Wagram Gruner Veltliner, Austria (Ben)

Wine 3 - Haywire White Label Gamay Noir, Canada (Sophia)

Wine 4 - LA Cetto Reserve Nebbiolo, Mexico (Ben)

Listen on your favourite app, or visit wineflightpod.com for the full series.

This episode was recorded in January 2023. Wines in this episode are from Novel Wines.

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Ben Franks FRSA is the Managing Director of the international drinks consultancy Ben Franks Wine, helping bring brands to the UK market. He is also the co-founder of the multi-award-winning wine merchant Novel Wines and Canned Wine Co., a sustainability-focused alt-format wine business putting Europe's best wines in can.

Sophia Longhi is the owner of wine blog skin+pulp, winner of the IWSC Emerging Talent in Wine Communication Award 2022 and was named one of Wine GB’s Great British Wine Industry Women of 2021. She is an acclaimed wine writer, wine judge and tastings host.

Wine Flight is produced by Ben Franks Wine Ltd and edited by Kat Agg. Follow @BenFranksWine on Twitter, or Instagram. Read all of the latest insights from Ben Franks Wine online.